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[littleladyluck]

I wish that I was more well-informed so I could make this all more clear, but... I've heard Armin broadcast about this sigil before. I have no idea what its meaning or origin is, but I know that it's a bit off the shore at one of the beach campsites.

If anyone knows what this is and if I should be running to protect people, please let me know before I need to regenerate my intestines for the millionth time.

Comments

[powersthatbe]

For those near to the shore and watching, within moments after the Sign is found, Something begins happening. Sand on the beach and foam on the water begin to swirl and coalesce in a spiral of glowing mist, until they form a small, bright star hovering over the waves, drinking in the last of the vapors to glow pearlescent and purple-gold. There's a sound like a single clear note of music, and a brilliant flash of light...

And then both Star and Sign have vanished.

[littleladyluck]

Genevieve scrambles back, but doesn't look away until it's all gone as quickly as it came. She's struggling to make sense of any of it, confused as to whether she found it frightening or somewhat pretty, and all of the complete and utter strangeness of that moment manifests in one of the few moments Genevieve has ever lost her calm, cool mask.

She says, voice building to a panicky screech, "What in all of the gods' names just happened here?!"

[shiroganeheir]

Naoto runs over, hat almost flying off of her head, and hair streaming behind her.

"Are you alright?" She's not exactly certain what just happened either.

[shiroganeheir]

[Naoto is there, lying in one of the hammocks, lost in her own thoughts. When everything happens, she sits bolt-upright, falling out of the hammock in surprise.

She takes to the network quickly.]

There is no need to panic... but... I am not certain exactly what just happened.

[darkhourdear]

...I'm really confused. [Naoto help]

[claudiometer]

[...the fuck was that.

Here's Claudia, stopped dead in her tracks on her lightcycle, the green wake slowly fading out behind her. That... was interesting.]

[thornsofmalkav]

[Thorne's a bit further away down the shoreline from the campsite than some of the other--FUCKING CAMPFIRES--but she's not so far she can't see it happening.]

What the fucking fuck?

[amadine]

That... It looked almost like something formed from dream vapour. Like the constructs from the psychano in Questing Country.

[Like, more than anything, the singularity within the psychano, she thinks but does not say.]

[Video]

[neverfeltthatway]

[When he responds, his eyes are wide and he's already running towards her position.]

It's the sign of the King in Yellow! It's v-very dangerous - please, stay back and don't touch it!

Re: [Video]

[littleladyluck]

I'm already getting away, I-- What did I just see? Is the star thing a typical sort of happening for this, I-- I can't speak, I can't--!

[Loud, frustrated groan of a worryingly scrambled mind!]

[Video]

[neverfeltthatway]

Wait, what? Getting away? What does that even - what's happening?"

[There's a note of true fear in Armin's voice - he doesn't know what's going on, but he knows enough to be afraid of the King, and anything unexpected with regard to his sign has to be bad.]

[whydoyoushine]

...you've had to regenerate your intestines?

[littleladyluck]

On a few occasions, yes. Highly unpleasant, and it doesn't get less uncomfortable with experience.

[whydoyoushine]

Yeah, I don't think I really want to try it.

[icy_heavens]

[That damn sigil again.]

If you don't have defenses, you need to stay away from that.

[littleladyluck]

What defenses do you mean, exactly? I think this was all before my time in this place. I'm sure that I'd remember something like this.

[icy_heavens]

Mental defenses first and foremost; causing insanity is well within the power of this thing. Physical or magical ones can conceivably help, but there's a lot about it that we don't know.

[shiroganeheir]

To anyone who is interested in what is going on. A large amount of power was just expended by Priestess to remove the King's Sigil from this Liminal Space.

I unfortunately do not have any more information than that. I will keep investigating as much as I can, however.

[purseownerisme]

The Trumps are actually helping us?

Alright, where's Hell so I can check if it's covered in ice.

[shiroganeheir]

[There's a tiny mental sigh.]

Yes.

I... really wish I had more ability to investigate this further, but I believe I have reached the end of the information I can get.

[seventhbullet]

Can someone who isn't panicking explain what the King's Sigil is and why it's clearly bad news? For the new kids.

[tailforbrains]

We had a Jaunt like forever ago that had these horrible mutant tentacle monsters that corrupted people and took over liminal space for a little while and stuff. Ever since we beat them back somehow or another, in that Jaunt, the symbol for the big guy in charge of those monsters shows up in almost every liminal space between Jaunts.

Pretty dangerous, I guess, but I just keep my distance and let other people deal with it. I don't have defenses against creepy god-monsters, and I don't think they can get sneak-attacked.

[seventhbullet]

Man, that sounds like the worst.

Any idea what it does? Just sit there causing trouble?

[someonetocarry]

You okay, there, honey?

[Zoe didn't get a good look at what happened, being too far off to have seen more than a bright light, so she just sends the psychic query.]

What happened?

[littleladyluck]

I found a sigil, then, against all logic this place could potentially have, there was a star and a sound. Now, both the star and the sigil are completely gone! I could not be more confused if I tried.